Overview
- The Department of Homeland Security says LAPD took two hours to respond when more than 1,000 rioters attacked ICE officers but Chief Jim McDonnell insists it was a 40-minute delay caused by traffic.
- Congressman Darrell Issa filed for a full Congressional inquiry to determine if political leaders directed LAPD to hold back from assisting federal agents under assault.
- Protesters surrounded a federal law enforcement building after Friday’s ICE raids, slashing tires, defacing property and launching projectiles at officers.
- LAPD has arrested at least 50 individuals in connection with the violence on charges including attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon on an officer.
- Five officers and five mounted patrol horses sustained minor injuries and LAPD leadership reiterated that the department does not engage in immigration enforcement.